Many of 2nd generation idols discharged from military this year

Discharged this year:
BTOB - Eunkwang, Changsub, Minhyuk
Infinite - Sungyeol, Dongwoo
Highlight - Doojoon, Dongwoon
SHINee - Onew, Key, and Minho
EXO - Xiumin
2PM, Bigbang, CNBLUE

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Article: BTOB -> SHINee -> EXO rush of discharge, oppars are coming back

Source: Ilgan Sports via Nate

1. [+145, -20] Congrats on your discharge Eunkwang <3

2. [+130, -13] Excited for Doojoon ㅠㅠㅠ

3. [+95, -4] Let's take out CNBLUE.

4. [+23, -4] I hope to see Doojoon in dramas and variety shows. He seems all-rounded ㅋㅋ

5. [+18, -11] So who's the idol who was on the news for special treatment, using his phone, smoking, and speaking rudely to his seniors? Seems like everybody knows who it is but his agency is deleting the articles.

6. [+17, -4] Doojoon-ssi, my kid was waiting for you. Please promote a lot ^^

7. [+16, -2] I miss you SHINee.

8. [+15, -7] March 26, happy birthday Xiumin~

SF9 Rowoon becomes Gongcha model

Pann: Gongcha reveals its new model

(Rowoon will be the model for 6 months from April 14)

1. [+183, -5] Lee Seunggi and then Rowoon. I can see what type of model Gongcha is going for ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

2. [+116, -2] I can see Gongcha's type. It's totally my type, too.

3. [+61, -2] Oh, he suits it.

4. [+37, -1] Oh my, Rowoon-ah, you did it. SF9 will get popular, we're finally a 3rd tier now. Rowoon-ah, we made it. You're the light, my Sukwoo~ You finally did it ㅠㅠ What is this, model for Chic Choc and Gongcha? Aigo Rowoon-ah, you did it.

5. [+26, -1] This is your Gongcha model Kim Sukwoo!

6. [+24, -1] So happy to see that SF9 is starting to get recognized.

7. [+19, -0] Lee Jong Suk, Park Seo Joon, Lee Seunggi, Rowoon... Gongcha must like tall, fresh-looking guys.

8. [+17, -1] My Sukwoo... He looks like black milk tea but the way he act is Oreo smoothy milk foam, so much aegyo.

[Love of 7.7 Billion] Discusses COVID19 with Abnormal Summit guests

Article: 'Love of 7.7 Billion' Tyler, "In the US, the cost of testing COVID19 is up to $4,000"

Source: The Celeb via Nate

1. [+977, -18] Our country's strength is our healthcare system. What's with the brainless politicians, hospital owners, and big corporations demanding to privatize medical system like the US? There's no politician who cares about the citizens...

2. [+846, -19] If we privatized the medical system, we would've ended up like that.

3. [+600, -19] The US wants to copy us and we want to copy the US.

4. [+67, -10] I remember Lee Myung Bak trying to privatize the medical system.

5. [+37, -0] Then foreigners must be trying to enter Korea... We should stop them.

Article: 'Love of 7.7 Billion' Tyler, "Racism towards Asians due to COVID19, a mistake of the media"

Source: Xports News via Nate

1. [+455, -8] Tyler is such a good speaker!

2. [+454, -4] Did you guys see the Chinese representative telling Tyler to be careful? Does he think he's Xi Jinping or what? We have the freedom of expression. Yet he tells Tyler to watch his words and that China is handling coronavirus well. Why did they even feature a Chinese representative? So annoying, I would dislike him even if he was my friend. Tyler only said the right things.

3. [+362, -9] The problem is that China is refusing to admit that they're the source of the virus. Coronavirus is Wuhan pneumonia.

4. [+31, -2] I hope it's not an artificial virus... The virus is one of the most contagious ones I've seen.

5. [+30, -0] The Chinese representative on the show is hopeless... He thinks China is the center of the world. Typical Chinese.

Article: 'Love of 7.7 Billion' Maxime, "In Russia, there's a rumor that most Koreans are Shincheonji followers"

Source: Sports Choson via Nate

1. [+582, -9] Shincheonji and China are cancers of the world.

2. [+392, -12] We're proud citizens of Korea. How dare you.

3. [+317, -37] Crazy idiot, what nonsense is he saying? Are Russians ignorant like that?

4. [+30, -3] Shincheonji is bringing down the reputation of the country! I had no thought on forgiving them and I'm never going to!

5. [+20, -1] What Shincheonji and China did wrong: They should've been transparent with the information from the beginning to stop the spread of the virus. But they were busy hiding and finally revealed information after it got out of hands. But even the information was very much fabricated, so the spread is still happening.

Article: 'Love of 7.7 Billion' Joachim, "In Sweden, men using parental leave is normal, I feel bad for Korean women"

Source: Xports News via Nate

1. [+165, -21] It's unfortunate for both men and women. Men have a parental leave here too but they don't feel comfortable using it.

2. [+148, -18] In our country, if a man uses parental leave, he gets more dirty looks than a woman. That's why men can't use parental leave. When I use a parental leave because my kid is sick, my boss scoffs and wonders why I'm the one using it instead of my wife.

3. [+109, -6] That Chinese guy is so shameless. I hope they don't cast Chinese people on this kind of shows. I hate their Sino-centricism.

Did you develop a new hobby/habit from home quarantine?

Pann: Did you start something new at home because of Corona?

1. [+258, -166] Upvote if you gained weight. Downvote if you lost weight or remained the same.

2. [+113, -0] Eat. Sleep. Repeat.

3. [+104, -1] I've never cooked this much in my life, f*ck.

4. [+63, -0] It's so sad how us Koreans don't know what to do at home because we've never had this much of free time.

5. [+42, -0] I've been practicing to stand on my hands. My goal is to be able to walk on hands.

6. [+34, -0] I just sleep.

7. [+20, -0] Cooking... I've made dalgona coffee, soufflé, and ice cream. I even bought a cream whipper for it ㅋㅋㅋ

8. [+18, -0] I got a herniated disk...

9. [+17, -2] My average hours of studying exceeded 5 hours for the first time. Yesterday I studied for 6 hours and 48 minutes.

10. [+15, -0] Watching movies! I've always liked watching movies but I was too busy. But nowadays, I'm only staying home and I have a favorite actor so I only watch movies now!

11. [+11, -0] I became a god of doing dishes ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

12. [+11, -0] Bath ㅋㅋㅋ I take a throughout bath ㅋㅋ I used to take quick showers but now I use bath bombs, use an extra treatment after shampoo and conditioner, take my time and do a face mask. I'm considering to buy a lower-body bathtub.

Korea might consider to start school in September due to COVID19

Korea, Japan, and Australia are the only OECD countries that start a new school year in March. Korea's system is from the Japanese imperialism.

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Source: Kim Gi Sik, "If starting school keeps getting delayed, we should consider implementing new school year in September"

Source: KBS via Naver

1. [+275, -9] It's time for our country's education system to get away from the Japanese imperialism. I think starting school in September is a good idea.

2. [+105, -4] Sounds like a good idea. It's not right to start school before the vaccine is there. I agree with starting school in September.

3. [+98, -0] Rather than deciding whether to begin school in May or not, they should make the decision as soon as possible so that parents, students, education board, and the government can have enough time to prepare for it.

4. [+59, -1] I agree with starting school in September.

5. [+43, -1] September sounds like a good idea! If opening school gets delayed once again, it might actually happen!

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Source: Pann

1. [+132, -1] I completely support the fall academic year idea. We can use this crisis as a chance to get rid of the Japanese imperialist trace. If they re-open school at an ambiguous time, it'll just make things more messy. I think this is a much better idea. There's a national petition, go sign.

2. [+107, -1] I don't think this is a really good idea but it's better than getting students sick with corona. Coronavirus can screw off.

3. [+86, -3] Instead of opening school early, getting students sick, and re-closing the school, this will be better.

4. [+50, -1] I'm so pissed off. Are the current grade 12 students "experiment rats"? We have arts & sciences combined, we have to follow the 2015 system, and the September system. What the f*ck is all this?

5. [+50, -0] I wonder how the school will be from now on. At this point, it's just getting more interesting.

Twice members pressuring fans to stream their music?

Jungyeon: "Did you guys stream or not?!"

"They said there are 55K viewers so there should be 55K streams..."

(Twice members instructing how to stream silently)

(Also instructing timing, downloading, and playlists for streaming)

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Pann: What do you think about pressuring fans to stream like Twice is doing?

1. [+422, -33] I think I'll stop liking them.

2. [+313, -23] Do they not trust fans with streaming? I wish they'd just leave it to the fans.

3. [+298, -27] So unlikeable.

4. [+150, -3] I can understand if they do it a few times but I don't like how intentional they are with it.

5. [+139, -1] I don't like how they say it's OK to mute it. The point of music is to listen to it but they just seem like they want to chart higher.

6. [+97, -6] If they were my bias, I'd leave the fandom.

7. [+81, -0] If their songs are good in the first place, they would chart high even without fans streaming.

8. [+73, -1] Instead of pressuring fans to do it, why don't they do it themselves with their managers?

9. [+68, -1] I'd leave the fandom because I feel like I'm being treated like an ATM.

10. [+45, -6] But there are other idols who also ask fans to stream. Their tone is indeed different though ㅋㅋㅋ Some idols also ask to vote, though.

BTS is the only active group from 2013?

Pann: BTS is the only active idol group debuted in 2013

1. [+98, -1] I think "surviving" is an accurate word for the entertainment industry. When BTS debuted, their article titles had "survive" in them and the comments were all teasing them. But they did survive. Not just survive, they killed it...

2. [+97, -0] It's interesting that so many idol groups debuted in 2013 and only one group survived and managed to become the top group. I expected there to be a lot of active groups from 2013 but BTS really is the only one.

3. [+96, -2] Boys' Republic and BTS debuted together but only BTS did well ㅠㅠ I used to confuse both so much... I wonder how the other group is doing.

4. [+44, -0] It's scary and sad. Imagine finding that all the fellow singers have disappeared. Experiencing the industry getting filled with new faces must be such a lonely, tough job ㅠㅠ

5. [+31, -0] BTS survived so stubbornly. They're amazing. The people who reached the top in their fields are really something. The entertainment industry is really tough and they're from a small agency and turned it into a major agency. I respect them as a person.

6. [+26, -3] I think BTS is also lucky. They debuted in 2013 but they won a rookie award, got good responses with Boy in Luv, and became popular with I Need U in 2015. They hit big with Fire and Blood Sweat Tears in 2016 and have been doing well since. They struggled in 2013 and have been popular since. Honestly, EXO is from a major agency but their debut song got no response.

7. [+20, -3] It's cruel how people define BTS' success as pure luck.

8. [+20, -1] I remember a hateful comment saying "These guys will also disappear quietly" and RM replied and said they'll survive.